Yeah, just gravel near sidewall. Tire has about 7000 miles on it and was rotated once. Winter tires have the other 4000 miles. Discount Tire apparently puts a plug from the outside and then patches over the plug on the inside. They did my right rear around 3000 miles. still holding fine.
That may be what they meant. When I asked which they used, plug or patch, guy just said "both", so yeah could be a combo. I didn't know about those so probably what he was describing.
Yeah, it's like a patch with a big long nipple sticking out the middle of it, with a needle coming out the middle of the nipple. You push the needle through the tire from the inside, after prepping the surface of course, pull it through from the outside. Then stitch down the patch on the inside, and cut off the excess of the plug. They are extremely secure. Kind of a pain in the ass to do, but it is a very reliable repair. I had a tire store refuse to repair one of the tires on my Tacoma after I picked up a box cutter blade. I took it to work the next day and installed one of those combo patch plugs. Been there for years without any issue.
It's likely a plug/patch combo that is applied from the inside - the plug is pushed through from the inside, pulled into place until the patch is flush on the inside. The diddly-doo on the right.
Damn Chicago boxes.
I did that, and added some dense, closed-cell foam tape to where the cover interacts with its seats. Helped remove a good bit of buzzing/vibration from back there.
Have you noticed that the factory placed felt pads on the cover hinges?
I absolutely did not see any sort of factory-installed vibration dampening when I was installing that.
Okay, now everything's checked out. No more rear-end rattling on any road or at any RPM.
When I was there in April this is what I saw. The cops were not patrolling the TOTD but were looking for people speeding on the roads leading to it. I wasn't in my GRC but had my 2009 Turbo Corolla with me on that road trip. I got in several great runs and even though it rained the night before my car didn't seem to be bothered by the damp roads.
This is why I love my 3D Maxpider mats, best ones I've ever owned.
This is why I love my Velourmat as it covers and protects the entire dash from the sun. It also eliminates any of the dash reflection that happens.
The clips will break just from downforce over time. As soon as I had mine replaced I took off the bumper and solved the issue for good.
I love my Racer X 60A pitch mount and if you don't track the car I think works perfectly.I should start a build thread at some point, but here's what I did during the weekend
MSTv2 Cold Air intake
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Those two bolts in the back were a pain to remove... I also forgot the CEL fix kit and got those annoying warnings for all Friday evening... 😅
Installed it the next day and after a code flush got everything working purrrety !
The OEM intake noises are great, but man this is something else, even flutters in some conditions !
RacerX short shifter and bushings kits
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Shifter feels solid now, no slop at all... I kept missing 2nd to 3rd with the OEM setup, now this feels great !
Next mod before winter will be the RacerX rear engine mount, still wondering if I should start with 70A or do 60A...
